Tao people

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The Tao people are an Indigenous Austronesian ethnic group living primarily on Orchid Island in Taiwan, known for their seafaring culture, traditional fishing practices, and distinctive wooden boat craftsmanship.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Tao people canonical 7
Tao (Yami) people 1
Tao族 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian people
ethnic group
indigenous people
administrativeDivision Taitung County
surface form: Lanyu Township
alsoKnownAs Yami (Tao)
surface form: Yami

Yami people
continent Asia
country Taiwan, Province of China
surface form: Taiwan
culturalPractice age-grade social organization
flying fish festival
taboos related to fishing seasons
governingState Republic of China
hasCulturalHeritage maritime navigation knowledge
oral traditions
rituals for boat launching
isPartOf indigenous peoples of Taiwan
knownFor plank-built canoes
seafaring culture
traditional fishing practices
wooden boat craftsmanship
language Thao language
surface form: Tao language
languageFamily Austronesian languages
nativeName Yami (Tao)
surface form: Tao

Tao people self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tao族

Tawu
populationRegion Orchid Island
Taitung County
primarySettlement Orchid Island
recognizedAs indigenous people of Taiwan
region Bashi Channel
Pacific Ocean
relatedEthnicGroup Ivatan people
surface form: Batanes Islanders

Ivatan people
religion Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
animism
threatenedBy modernization
nuclear waste storage on Orchid Island
traditionalClothing loincloth for men
vest for men
wrap-around skirts for women
traditionalEconomy fishing
subsistence agriculture
traditionalHousing semi-subterranean houses
traditionalVessel chinurikuran boat
tatala boat
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Batanic languages usedBy Tao people
Bashi Channel region isAssociatedWithEthnicGroup Tao people
this entity surface form: Yami (Tao) people
Tao people nativeName Tao people self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tao族
Yami (Tao) spokenBy Tao people
Taitung County hasIndigenousGroup Tao people
this entity surface form: Tao (Yami) people
Orchid Island indigenousPeople Tao people
Orchid Island majorEthnicGroups Tao people
Yami people alternateName Tao people
Yami language spokenBy Tao people